If you want to be more disciplined, you have probably already been told to “try harder” and you have probably already discovered that trying harder does not last. What actually changes things is treating discipline as a system to be designed rather than a personality trait to change. That is
Most people think that changing their lives means adding more. More goals, more routines, more discipline, more habits to track. And sometimes adding the right thing does help. But just as often, real change begins with doing less. I learned this the hard way. I spent 10 years in finance,
There’s one thing you’ve been meaning to do since earlier this week. It would take you about five minutes, you know it would, and it has still followed you through several days, at least two to-do lists and several showers. Then there’s the thing you’d love to be doing, the
What happens to a New Year’s resolution in its first two weeks? On 1 January, it feels obvious. The plan is fresh, the motivation is high and the year ahead looks like a clean page. By the second Friday of the month, so many people have let their resolutions slip
You know exactly what you need to do. You want the thing on the other side of it. And yet somehow you find a way to get in your own way, again, right at the moment it matters most. If that feels painfully familiar, you’re not broken and you’re not
Wanting to have a lazy day is normal when you have a hectic schedule. Lazy Sundays are great for resting, taking care of ourselves, and resetting before a new super productive week. Nevertheless, you might have a motivation problem if you feel like you are having more lazy days than
In 2012, a team of psychologists gave 205 adults in Germany a smartphone that buzzed seven times a day for a week. Each time it did, they had to report what they wanted in that moment, whether it clashed with their goals and whether they were trying to resist it.
To create a life you will love, you must take small steps every day to get closer to your definition of the ideal life. This implies that you need to find how to achieve your daily goals despite life getting in the way. Setting smart goals is easy. The hardest
